Jo-Ann Vis, Lakehead University

Research

peer support critical incident stress psychological injury technology

Latest papers

Effects of Child Sexual Abuse on the Parenting of Male Survivors.
Trauma, violence & abuse · 2018 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

A Pan-Canadian Study of Social Workers' Experiences of Children and their Spirituality in Counselling
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$22,803
TAKE'N5: A Collegial Peer Support Model to Mitigate Psychological Stress Injury in the Workplace
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,205
Identifying the impact of formal and informal critical incident interventions on firefighters' exposure to post-traumatic stress injury in a Northwestern Ontario fire service
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$100,534

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Effects of Child Sexual Abuse on the Parenting of Male Survivors.

Wark J, Vis JA

Trauma, violence & abuse2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/1524838016673600 PMID: 27770031

A Pan-Canadian Study of Social Workers' Experiences of Children and their Spirituality in Counselling

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boynton, Heather

Keywords: children; spirituality; social work; counselling; thematic analysis; religion; faith; clinician; qualitative; research

$22,803

TAKE'N5: A Collegial Peer Support Model to Mitigate Psychological Stress Injury in the Workplace

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Vis, Jo-Ann L.

Keywords: peer support; critical incident stress; psychological injury; technology

$24,205

Identifying the impact of formal and informal critical incident interventions on firefighters' exposure to post-traumatic stress injury in a Northwestern Ontario fire service

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Catalyst Grant: PTSI among PSP workers

Principal investigators: Sinden, Kathryn E; Bolduc, Regan

Keywords: Critical Incident Exposure; Critical Incident Management; Firefighters; Post -Traumatic Stress Injury

$100,534

Improving quality of life for people dying in long-term care homes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008

Keywords: quality of life in long-term care homes; palliative care; participatory action research; empowerment of personal support workers; organizational change; addressing suffering; teamwork; community engagement; knowledge transfer; community development

$994,367

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: peer support Dear Professor Vis, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Effects of Child Sexual Abuse on the Parenting of Male Survivors." (2018), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "TAKE'N5: A Collegial Peer Support Model to Mitigate Psychological Stress Injury in the Workplace" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]